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What genre is "A Model for Christian Charity"? How did
people first hear/read it? If you don't remember, check out
Winthrop's bio page on p. 91.
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In Part II of "A Model of Christian Charity", Winthrop lays
out his structure for the text you have read. What 4 points
does he say he is going to elaborate on?
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Christ
fellow
members
love
of
First, he talks about being a company that is very
special: They see themselves as
(4 words), bound together by
.
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Next, he mentions the aspect of work. Look at paragraph 1
on p. 100. Name 3 aspects relating to "work" that
Winthrop sees as binding for Puritans in the colonies.
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church
Puritan
common
laws
desires
needs
first
civil
law
Living under "a due form of government both civil and
ecclesiastical" (100) means having a government built
on
, but one that is also built on the
of the
. If the "care of the
public must oversway all private respects" (100), the
Puritans put the
good
, before they
consider their individual
and
.
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According to Winthrop, what is the ultimate goal of a Puritan's life? Look at
paragraph 2 on p. 100.
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"Fourthly, for the means whereby this must be effected." (3rd
paragraph)
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What are Winthrop's "means" to carry out this work of
"salvation"?
He says, the Puritans' work and purposes must be kept separate.
He says, the Puritans' work and purpose must be inextricably linked to one
another.
He suggests helping to carry the burdens of other community members.
He encourages everyone to look for the extraordinary means of helping one
another, which is love.
He encourages everyone to look for "truth in profession only".
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"When God gives a special commission He looks to have it strictly observed in
every article." What kind of responsibility is he talking about here?
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On p. 101 (1st paragraph), Winthrop says very explicitly what he would consider
a sign from God that he has "ratified this covenant". What is this sign?
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city
Commandments
faithful
land
hill
promised
Bible
eyes
Israelites
hill
founding
light
Winthrop references the
in several
important passages in this text. These passages have
become so famous that they have come to be very
closely associated with the
of the
American colonies, and the underlying "mission" of the
United States. One of these instances occurs when he
compares the Puritans with the
, who
enter into a covenant with God. This covenant
obligates them to keep God's
and be
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to him. Winthrop employs the same
language, when he refers to the covenant his people
make with God about their "
". Second, he mentions that he wants
the colony at Plymouth to be an example, a "
upon a
" (the
Gospel of Matthew). Just as Jesus tells the crowd in
the Sermon on the Mount that they are "the
of the world", a "town built on a
", Winthrop calls the first Puritan
colony "a city upon a hill", where "the
of all people are upon" them.
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What does the mission Winthrop describes have to do
with the term "American Exceptionalism"? What does it
have to do with the mission to transform the world? Does
the United States still see itself in this light?
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And finally: The Puritans were known for their austere
lifestyle, and the fact that they were trying to find out how
to leave worldly desires behind and live for God alone.
Cite a phrase from the last paragraph of the text (p.102)
where he admonishes the colonists!
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